The Washington critic., 1887-03-28
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.


sia will, after visiting China aud Japan, set
sail for this country.
The will OF the late ex-Stato Treasurer
James Mack Of New York is to =" contest
ed by his brother and sister.
llecht Brothers, dealers and importers OF
fancy goods, New York, were damaged
100000 by fire Saturday night.
The cruiser Chicago will leave the Ches.
ter (Pa.) works on April for New York
to receive rigging, furniture, &c.
X. ii. Wade, the superintendent OF the
Wabash system, IL is thought, will succeed
Judge Cooley as receiver OF that road.
Several buildings in the Michigan peul
tentiury were burned Saturday night, but
none Of the prisoners escaped or were hurt
Argument In the coal-pool cases was cDu
cluded Mt Harrisburg Saturday, and the
court took the papers aud reserved dc
tision.
The Raleigh Cottonseed oil Mills and Fer
tilzer Factory burned yesterday. Loss, $jj,.
OtO TO 10000. The fire was probably acct
dental.
To the list of the Richmond Hotel fire
dead at Buffalo Ia added the name Of Ell
ward Whelan OF Newburgh, making tota
OF fifteen.
The strike of 1,G0O silk dyers at Paterson,
N. j., which has lasted over six weeks,
enueu Suturuhy, hnu tue result IL Victory
for the manufacturers.
The trustees and friends OF the Hampton
Normal aud Agricultural Institute at II amp
ton, Va, are trying to raise a partial en-
dowment fund Of S5O0,0OO.
Elisha Snow of Tolland, Conn, a farmer
Go years old, killed his wife with an axe on
Sunday and then hanged himself In his barn.
Snow had been partially insane.
The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a
hill pre- bibitibg railway companies from
granting trip passes on the request Of
meml ers OF the Legislature to friends Of the
latter.
Frank Kerner, the religious monomanian,
Of Reading, Penn, who brutality murdered
his wife, has been found guilty OF murder
In the second degree by agreement OF
counsel.
At the meeting In New York Saturday OF
the Intercollegiate Baseball Association a
general opinion was expressed that some
means should be adopted to stop the ex-
tr,mc roughness Of the game as played on
some fields.
John L. Sullivan gave an exhibition OF his
hitting powers to a number OF sporting gen
tlemen In New York Saturday night, and
proved satisfactorily that he was able to box
again, and next week Intends to start out
with Lis combination.
at New York, has been Indicted by the
United States grand jury In Boston for
using the malls In furtherance of scheme
to defraud In connection with the Massa-
chusetts Watch Company.
Hon. Samuel II. Treat, judge OF the
United States Dlstric Court for the South
ern District Of Illinc $, died in Springfield
yesterday. lie was appointed to the United
States Bench by President Pierce, 10 1854,
and was 20 years Of age.
A livestock train on the New York Dlvls.
ion Pennsylvania Railroad ran into switch
ing engine at North Pennsylvania Junction
Saturday night, and IS horses were either
| crushed to death or Injured so badly that 1t
was necessary to kill them.
The Daily Republican OF Wilmington,
| Del, has been sued for 100000 by Robert 5.
Woodward Of Newark, for publishing an
article charging him Though not by name)
| with driving his daughter out Of the house
and refusing to support her.
The Manhattan Temperance Association
In New York yesterday adopted resolutions
denouncing Mayor Hewitt and the Excise
Board for uniting in petitition to the Leg
to allow In New York on Sunday afternoon
the sale OF Intoxicating drinks during Ger.
tain hours. The resolutions say that for
| eigners who do not like the laws OF this
country are at liberty to leave.
| In the Bussey bridge investigation Satur-
day, Superintendent Folsom gave as his
theory Of the accident that the trucks un-
der the first car were derailed, and those
under the second and third followed suit;
that the bridge hangers were broken by the
force OF the shock, and that the fourth aud
fifth cars were thrown over before the
bridge gave way: also, that tue involuntary
| application OF the air brake threw the first
car of the track.
Joseph l.. Morton has procured an at.
| tachment In the New York Supreme Court
against the property of Walter e. Lawtou,
the defaulter, on two notes, one made by
the Long Island Pressing Company to the
order Of Lawton for 4,s54, and the other
| Lawton's note for Sl1,5OO 1t Is said that
Lawton deposited, as collateral security
for the last note, bills receivable to the
amount Of S25,0iS.
Rev. Matson Meier-Smitb, ID. D., pro.
fessor OF pastoral theology in the Protestant
Episcopal Divinity School at Philadelphia,
lied at his home in Delaney Place, that
city, Saturday, from heart failure. DE-.
Meier-Smith was native OF New York
State, where he was born in 1926. lie took
up his residence in Philadelphia about llf'
teen years ago, when he became a professor
in the Divinity School.
Miss Jessie Thurston OF Portland, Me-,
passenger on the Shore Line train from
New York for Providence, jumped from
the car six miles from Providence yester-
day Her mother, Mrs. l.. Kendall, In at
tempting to stop her, was dragged from
the platform. Mrs. Kendal's right arm
was broken in four places and her head
bruised. Miss Thurston was uninjured, cx.
cept some scratches. 1t is said the recent
death Of a relative in Florida upset tht
young lady's mind.
James Kearney, OF the law firm of Thain
& Kearney, No. II Pine street, New York,
the last man reported as an alleged swinllel
and fugitive, has taken from $4,000 tC
$4,000 In cash with him, all of which hi
has accumulated, 1t is alleged, in translc
tions since his marriage, one year ago. II
was supposed that his chief liability wa.
referee in the suit OF Margaret Fostel
against Theodore NJ. Roche and others
| Now 1t Is learned that other sufferers LOSE
far more by his allurIng representations.
All the passengers of the steamer Scotia
ashore at Blue Point, L. l., were landed b,
liteboats and breeches buoys ON Saturday
and about 500 OF them were sent to New
York by vessels, arriving yesterday. The
passengers arc said to have been without
food for two days, and they showed 1t in th,
ravenous way they eat on their arrival
Captain RuiTatt of the Scotia says that abou
D O'Clock Thursday night he saw n llgh
which lie thought was Fire Island, ant
headed the vessel accordingly. A squal
came up, and the wind blew 10 miles al
hour. No one was more surprised than h
when the vessel struck. lie attrbute3 thu
disaster to the mistake 10 the light, the sud
den squall and strong eastetly current
The VESSELS mass were lost when sh
struck by the shock. Tue agents hold th
captain blameless. Efforts are being mad
to get the Scotia of.
We Caution All Against Them.
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